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Marine sediment with semi-fossilised wood (Dry)

Description

Notes: Sample in pale blue box. Writing in ink on lid and side reads "From the trawl Feb 8. 1875 Lat 5.47 N Long 124.1 E 24 miles SW of [something crossed out] Point Pola S Coast of Mindonao Philippines. 2050 fathoms Semifossilised wood in matrix. Large pieces of fossil wood with bark were amongst the contents of trawl.". To see Oxford University Museum of Natural History's database go to http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/collect/lifecoll2.htm